July 21, 2022: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/21/2022
Presented is an imposing group of mostly 1970s Topps football Hall of Famers and stars, headlined by many of the legendary figures from the game during that historic decade, a lineup that includes the likes of Staubach, Bradshaw, Griese, Payton, Simpson, Butkus, Karras, Jurgensen, Dorsett, Simpson and many others. Also featured is a standout subgroup of really sharp 1970 Topps Football, totaling more than four dozen cards and 10 Hall of Famers among them. In the listing that follows, cards are the regular-issue version unless otherwise indicated. The breakdown – 1) 1968 Topps Blanda – Near-Mint; 2) 1969 Topps Blanda – Ex-Mt; 3) 1970 Topps (53) – Near-Mint or even better, with 10 Hall of Famers, including Butkus, Griese, Karras, Jurgensen, Page Rookie, Nitschke, Brodie and Dawson; 4) 1971 Topps Blanda – Nr-Mt; 5) 1972 Topps (3) – including Simpson (Fair) and Blanda – VG-Ex; 6) 1973 Topps (6) – Good to Very Good, including Staubach (2) and Hayes; 7) 1974 Topps (8) – mostly Very Good, with seven Hall of Famers, including Blanda (2), Hayes (2) and Griese; 8) 1975 Topps (3) – including Staubach and Blanda (Good); 9) 1977 Topps (2) – Good to Very Good, Simpson and Theismann; 10) 1978 Topps (5) – mostly Very Good, including Payton, Simpson and Griese; 11) 1979 Topps (3) – Bradshaw, Dorsett and Theismann (Very Good); 12) 1980 Topps Bradshaw – VG-Ex; 13) 1981 Topps (4) – Payton, Dorsett (2) and Stabler – Ex-Mt; 14) plus (15) others, including 1982 cards of Payton and Dorsett and a 1983 Payton.
1968-81 Topps Football Hall of Famers Group, 45 HOFers (105)
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